World airline traffic set to grow at 5% a year until 2025

(ClimateRadar.com) According to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Total world airline scheduled passenger traffic in terms of passenger-kilometres is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 4.6 per cent up to the year 2025, half a percentage point lower than the growth rate achieved over the period 1985-2005, according to forecasts prepared [...]

Investor alliance sign petition to US stock market

(ClimateRadar.com) A broad coalition of investors, state officials with regulatory and fiscal management responsibilities, and environmental groups today filed a landmark petition asking the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require publicly-traded companies to assess and fully disclose their financial risks from climate change. The 22 petitioners include leading institutional investors in the U.S. and [...]

UK Houses will miss zero carbon target

(ClimateRadar.com) National Housing Federation chief executive David Orr warned that the Government is in danger of missing its target to ensure all new homes are zero carbon by 2016. Speaking at the Federation annual conference, at the ICC in Birmingham, Mr Orr revealed that while 92% of housing association new homes are already meeting minimum [...]

Climate change: long-term framework conditions are needed now!

(ClimateRadar) Bojrn Stigson, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, has launched a plea for parties to work together at the UNFCCC conference in Bali due this December.
http://president.wbcsd.org/2007/09/climate-change-.html

UK: New report asks for overhauling of energy market regulation

(ClimateRadar) Energy market regulation in the UK needs to be overhauled to meet the challenges of carbon reduction and renewables targets, according to Government advisory body the Sustainable Development Commission. In a report published today (19 September), the Commission argues that reducing greenhouse gas emissions, should be made central to Ofgem’s remit in order to [...]

Eco-motoring report launched

Motorists should be taught new driving techniques to reduce carbon emissions from their vehicles, a report suggests.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6990602.stm

UNFCCC launches online CDM marketplace

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have announced the official launch of the CDM Bazaar web-portal <www.cdmbazaar.net>, designed to facilitate exchange of information among buyers, sellers and service providers engaged in the clean development mechanism (CDM).
http://cdm.unfccc.int/CDMNews/issues/issues/I_L6W569ZH62RDVOQETAT7X578TNTG0I/viewnewsitem.html

Al Gore: Climate change infor manipulated

Al Gore claims that big oil companies are funding misinformation on climate change.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Gore-Climate-Change.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Australia opens carbon exchange

AUSTRALIA’S first carbon trading exchange went live at midday today with the bidding price of $8.50 per metric tonne.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22118793-2,00.html 

NRG Energy joins influential climate change group

NRG Energy Inc., a major coal-burning power company, said Wednesday that it will join the United States Climate Action Partnership, a group of companies and environmentalists that support federal limits on carbon dioxide and other global warming gases.
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200707181815DOWJONESDJONLINE001094_FORTUNE5.htm